Buddhist miracle tales from early medieval China /
First Statement of Responsibility
a translation and study by Robert Ford Campany
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xix, 300 pages :
Other Physical Details
1 map ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Classics in East Asian Buddhism
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"A Kuroda Institute book."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-292) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Pt. I. SIGNS FROM THE UNSEEN REALM AND BUDDHIST MIRACLE TALES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CHINA. Introduction -- Wang Yan and the making of Mingxiang ji -- Miracles tales and the communities that exchanged them -- The idiom of Buddhism represented in the tales -- Miracle tales and the sinicization of Buddhism -- The narrative shape of the miraculous -- Religous themes in the text -- Pt. II. TRANSLATION : SIGNS FROM THE UNSEEN REALM. Appendix 1. Fragments and questionable terms -- Appendix 2. List of major motifs